Modular Synthesis of Carbon-Substituted Furoxans via Radical Addition Pathway. Useful Tool for Transformation of Aliphatic Carboxylic Acids Based on "Build-and-Scrap" Strategy.

Utilizing radical chemistry, a new general C-C bond formation on the furoxan ring was developed. By taking advantage of the lability of furoxans, a wide variety of transformation of the synthesized furoxans have been demonstrated. Thus, this developed methodology enabled not only the modular synthesis of furoxans but also short-step transformations of carboxylic acids to a broad range of functional groups.